George Strait to Perform at 2019 Houston Rodeo

George Strait will return to Houston in 2019 for a very special headlining performance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

The Rodeo shared the news on Tuesday (May 15), announcing that Strait will perform on the final night of the Rodeo in 2019. The Houston Rodeo is set to run for 21 days in 2019, from Monday, Feb. 25 — Sunday, March 17.

“We are extremely excited to welcome George Strait back to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo,” Rodeo President and CEO Joel Cowley says in a press release. “George has a long history with the Rodeo, first taking the stage back in 1983. He’s been with us through many of our major milestones during the past three decades, has entertained than more 1.5 million RODEOHOUSTON fans and is the only platinum honoree on our Star Trail of Fame.”

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Strait's set is set to take place at NRG Stadium in Houston in 2019. It will be a full-length concert, and the date will mark Strait's only concert in Texas in 2019. The country legend officially retired from touring in 2014, but has continued to play one-off shows, as well as a string of dates in Las Vegas.

The opening acts for Strait's 2019 Rodeo Houston performance are to be announced. The remaining schedule for 2019's Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will be announced in early January 2019. Individual tickets for all performances, including George Strait, will go on sale that January. A limited number of season tickets will go on sale to the public on Aug. 1, 2018.